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New Food Systems

Cheap food is an illusion. Producers often maintain their low prices by using practices that externalize costs normally factored into the price of food. The result? Our food system is opaque; it prevents consumers from understanding how their food system works and why their cheap food isn’t really cheap.

New Food Systems address the full social and environmental impact of the myriad external costs created in producing the goods on your supermarket shelf. They create a decentralized, integrated, network of regional food systems whose benefits include simplicity of transaction, transparency of information, and equality between those involved.

Tale of Two Chickens: The Real Cost of American Food

True Cost of American Food Conference

It’s high noon in the middle of a July heat wave in New York, and the Snowday food truck is baking in the middle of a parking lot. Its offerings include grilled cheese sandwiches steeped in maple syrup and kale salads that somehow still seem fresh, although the truck’s employees and customers look like they’re wilting.... Read more